Learning Target(s): Students will be able to...

• describe the steps to writing a business letter and apply them as eviedenced by writing a business letter.

Due Today:

• Due Wed 10/10: Class Expectations Reflection

1. Due Friday 10/12: Rough Draft of Business Letter to Principal Leano
2. Due Monday10/15: Finalized Business Letter to Principal Leano, typed or written neatly in ink. Must include rough draft.

�Agenda

1. Learning Log
   1. Copy learning target and homework.
2. Business Letter Review
   • Fold Learning Log into 4 squares; we will use the back for Storm Check.
     1. Number the quadrants I, II, III, and IV, like math quadrants.
     2. In quadrant I answer the following questions:
        1. What 2 pieces of information go at the top of a business letter and in which order?
        2. Where does the date go?
        3. What is a salutation?
        4. What goes in the first body paragraph?
        5. What goes in the second body paragraph?
        6. What goes in the last body paragraph?
        7. What is the last part of a business letter?
        8. True or False: A business letter is aligned to the left.
        9. True or False: A typed business letter is double spaced.
        10. True or False: You can use slang and texting symbols in a business letter.
3. Business Letter to Principal Leano:
   1. Copy the prompt.
   2. Mark the prompt.
      • Identify background information and label it.
      • Circle directives (verbs that tell you what to do).
      • Underline instructions telling you how.
      • Identify your audience (for whom are you writing?)
   3. Outline:
      1. Agree or disagree with Tutorial Policy
      2. Your claim
      3. 2 pieces of evidence to support your position.
   4. Write your rough draft in class.
4. Rhetorical Precis Cornell Notes